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[โ€“] Izzgo@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Of course this is a good thing, but there are still serious negative consequences to a reducing population, which must be mitigated. Primarily, old people who are past working age are an expensive population to maintain. When there are as many or more old people as there are young, the burden is too heavy for young people to bear. And I say this as a 70 year old. Young people today CANNOT hit old age without their own substantial retirement resources.

[โ€“] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

A new robot factory is going live in Oregon that is manufacturing general purpose humanoid robots, so guess you could just buy a few to keep around the house.